[Day: Friday, July 9th. Time: 9:00 p.m.]
[You are all in a relaxation room with Kaira. It's more like a Western-
style room than the rest of the bathhouse; still has paper walls and tatami
mats, but there's two sofas and some chairs, plants, a coffee table and a TV in
a corner.]
[Kaira is there, too. She looks rather apprehensive. Darcy has gone
back to her room.]
[Session Start]
* Chie is not relaxed. Why? Kaira's there. She is, in fact, about as far away as
she can get from the vampire without actually leaving the room.
* Asanjya is sitting on one of the sofas, reading. She looks rather perturbed.
* Chomei stands between Chie and Kaira. For, um, obvious reasons.
( He can't make up his mind. )
* Maria keeps eyeing Kaira. She's on the cieling.
* Rei is sitting in the air next to Kaira! If her mom gets hungry, she'll bite
Rei first! This should make you *all* feel better.
* Lazar is standing opposite Kaira. Partly because he's wary. Partly because
he'd break the furniture, and this is all on Rei's card, and he really doesn't
need to piss her off MORE.
( (*cracks up* Lazar's actually worried about pissing off Rei at this
point.)
(If you dump me for her, you are both getting a ward to the head. Also,
you'd be Rei's stepfather. ;p)
(My cousin and my stepfather? Whee!)
(Yes! Don't you love your family? I do. ;p)
* Kaira speaks. "So. How are you to stop them?"
* Rei looks around from Kaira to Chie to Maria to Chomei to Lazar to Asanjya and
back, then again, then she finally says, "Well, um... first, what exactly is up
with Asahara besides them just being assholes and cloning people and maybe
kidnapping Makoto..." She takes a breath. "And ruining manymany lives?"
They make stuff you don't think about.
Isn't ruining lives bad enough?
Well, yeah, but if we go in there and try to shut it down, we need a plan.
A way to shut them down permanently, 'cause I'll be damned if I go and have kids
or something and *they* have to deal with them in twenty years. And we need to
know what's in there, and where 'there' is in the first place, and I think Mom's
got a better idea than any of us.
How long have we got before the orbs need to get used?
We don't know for sure.
* Rei scratches at the back of her head. "We should probably try to get the
ritual underway as soon as we can; I'm not sure what exactly's involved in it,
so maybe we can contact Interpol on it and have them work on finding the exact
procedure while we take care of this."
There's no conjunction of the planets we have to look for or anything?
We don't know for sure because I haven't looked into it. We have been
rather busy looking for the orbs.
I mean, you're talking about stopping Asahara like it's gonna be
something quick. I don't want to be caught up in it just to find that all
hell's broken loose and we missed our chance.
* Asanjya closes her book and looks up. She still looks perturbed.
I'm not disagreein' that Asahara needs to be stopped. They do. But we
need to figure out timing.
Asahara is secondary. If Lucifer is loosed our problem's problems will
have problems.
Then look it up *now*, Asanjya!
(*beans Rei with a book*)
(Hey, she hate hate hates Asahara. I'm allowed pettiness once in a
while.)
* Chomei nods.
Are you finished?
* Maria frowns. "I guess."
( I used to be apathetic about Asahara, but they ruined my
life and now I despise them utterly!)
(Makoto. ;_;)
( That wasn't to Kaira's question, BTW. )
(Dammit, and I was just learning not to hate the SoB)
* Asanjya tucks her paperback away, stands, and walks out of the room.
* Rei lets her. She looks over at Kaira.
* Chie heads after Asanjya. "I'm gonna go check if she needs help researching."
Okay.
* Lazar eyes Kaira. "I stay here."
So, Kaira. How far into their organization have you managed to get?
(Do we go into another channel?)
What can you tell us about the more important operations, who runs them,
where they're run, and how we get in there to shut them down?
* Chomei nods and glances at Kaira, then following Chie. "I'm gonna to go with
Chie."
* Maria manages to wait patiently for Kaira to formulate her reply. This is
unusual for her.
For twenty years, I've been fighting them. I know a great deal about
them.
* Rei nods. "Pick a place and start?" She pulls out BOX, sets it on her lap, and
boots up.
* Kaira shakes her head. "That isn't important right now. What matters is that
somehow they've come up with something new; some project of theirs has been
completed.
But you don't know where it is.
I know exactly where it is. You aren't the only ones.
* Rei taps at her keyboard, starting a search on locations of Asahara buildings.
"You know where it is. Any more details? Like... what it is?"
I know it involves technology used in their S-types twenty years ago.
That project failed. But this one may well be more dangerous.
Do you know what the project is called? Or where it's based?
And I know there are a massive number of these R-types set to be
deployed soon.
Or anyone at all involved in it, no matter how small?
S type... R type... you mean clone of Rei and Reidad?
( I get to hit Rei and Shiggy and not feel guilty! ^_^_v )
Yay, a whole army of me! I'm like an army of one! Only there'll be
hundreds and maybe thousands!
(*smacks Lazar* Ow.)
The man in charge calls himself Kuro. I believe you've met him.
... no mean offend, little one, but you no exactly make most imposing
army. You powerful, but no so much in 'destroy armies' way.
* Lazar frowns. "Bat boy."
Oh, *him*. He poisoned my blood.
( Wait, Kuro? Okay, screw Lucifer, let's take him
down!)
* Maria nods. "What Laz said."
And yeah, we know Kuro. He's lamer than Chomei.
* Kaira clenches her fist. "I know. I'm going to destroy him for that."
* Rei thinks a second, then looks up to Lazar. "Imagine thousands of me that
can't be hurt, or seen, or killed."
...okay, that is bad.
(Destroying Kuro. Finally something that Chie and Kaira can agree on!)
Ah, you mean many ghost Rei what throw funny glow balls? That bad.
( Aw. Chie doesn't like Rei, I guess. )
I don't know how we could possibly fight an army like that, so we need
to act before we have to.
(Brett, stop misinterpreting me. ;p)
Possibly. Possibly worse.
* Rei smiles wanly at Kaira. "Well, uh, I got some sorta enzyme that I can use
that hurts like hell and has nasty side effects after a while, but it keeps the
poison away when the time comes down to it."
(You *know* what I mean. ;p)
Side effect?
... again, no mean offend, but if have face many spirit Rei clone, might
no be bad idea to have stupid suck stone as backup plan.
Yeah. It's poisonous itself if I use too much of it.
* Rei wrinkles her nose.
(Besides, Chie and Kaira probably figure that the best way to protect Rei
is to get rid of the other. ;p)
I know bring bad memory, but against many spirit Rei, may be only
weapon.
Unless Chie have really, really big ward.
* Rei looks to Kaira. "Did they already make these clones?"
* Kaira looks Rei in the eye. "Mass produced."
But they are not yet active. If I had the blood orb, I could destroy
them all before they had a chance to be planted throughout the world.
Planted? So they're spies.
* Rei winces. She looks away, then takes a breath. "Okay. They've got no free
will of their own, I guess... So we... take them out." She doesn't sound
thrilled with the idea. "And take Kuro out. You know where they are. They're in
Japan?"
They are not just spies.
Assassins.
Asahara learned from its mistakes twenty years ago.
Perfect ones. No see, no hear, no show up on any sensor.
Can move through any barrier.
* Rei bites her lip.
At that time they had created an incredibly powerful psychic, but the
lack of combat capabilities made the project a failure.
But with Rei, no combat no problem, because no can hit spirit.
Even with copied abilities, the new version of the S-type was less than
satisfactory to them.
This time, they will undoubtedly try something different.
* Maria frowns. "I guess that could work. I can't know how good they'd be at
killing, tho. Although even strangling is effective if they have nothing to
fight back against."
( Bye Arwen. *notes backpack* Studying? No! I'm
going out. It's a Friday. Oh. A Friday. o_o Where've you
*been*? Uh... asleep?)
( Hee. )
(Hee!)
* Rei shrugs and says, dully, "I can create a psychic blast when in astral form.
Past that, they have my father's DNA, and Mom's, and Mystery Club's from twenty
years ago... and whatever else they could get their hands on in that time."
They could probably make something really scary.
No, they could definitely make something really scary. Lots of somethings
really scary. We have to take them out.
(Astral Naginata)
If need happen, I can kill.
(Wahoo!)
( They don't have my DNA! =P )
I'm... almost tempted... to set a bomb in there or something.
(Actualy they went and dug up your body Laz.)
* Rei looks to Kaira. "What's the facility like?"
* Maria looks at Rei. "If you make the bomb, I can plant it."
( I doubt that, since Dracula ate the Transylvanian Asahara branch. )
(Set up Asahara the bomb.)
Would be nice... doubt it be that easy, though.
You don't realize? I had thought...
* Kaira shakes her head. "Their lab is here, in this city!"
* Rei 's eyes widen. And then she's typing furiously on her keyboard.
Know anything about their security? Defenses? Anything?
I came here to get the orb so I wouldn't have to.
Nothing's foolproof, Mom. You know that.
It certainly would help.
So would army of golems. Niether going happen.
* Kaira closes her eyes. "But if I had to guess... Asahara has an acquired
technology from its predecessor that prevents human abilities from functioning
properly."
( Wow, both of you on a phone. Impressive balance. )
More then likely, that will be abundant.
* NeremWorld is now known as Sam
Kuro will be there.
Good thing I no human, then. *narrows eyes* And Kuro, we can handle.
And... Project EA. I don't know what it is, but it recently came under
Kuro's supervision. That means that it, too, will be there.
(Electronic Arts?)
(Oh, good god, they're going to release Sims 12 and CONTROL THE
WORLD!)
So, basically, lots of things what try kill us, and little ones powers
may no work.
* Kaira nods. "I won't have that problem. You might."
Me?
* Maria puffs out her chest. "I don't need my powers to fight." Then she shrinks
a little. "They just make it lots easier."
( Were Makoto here Puffy. h_h *WHAP* )
( Hehe. Pretty much, yes. )
* Rei looks up from her computer. "Maria should be okay with the powers. And me,
'cause I'm Smorfy. Lazar, too. Chie and Asanjya, though..."
( We miss Makoto. ^^ )
And Chomei... maybe. He half-demon, but half human too.
Rei's powers will probably work. They don't want their new army being
inhibited, after all.
It's not like you think.
Hmm?
It's a defensive technology. It won't affect their own.
And even if you take it from them, it will self-destruct.
* Mechalink has quit IRC (Ping timeout )
So no steal cool technology. *patpats Maria*
Aww.
Well, we can destroy it, at least. Or convince it to destroy itself.
And, at very least, I and Reimom immune. And doubt find many things what
can take us both. *eyes Kaira*
Not if I have the blood orb.
But don't count on that until Asanjya comes back with her findings.
You'd need to take it up with Asanjya, really. She bargained her life for
it, and I don't think she's gonna give it up.
Plus, I think, as general rule, we no give very powerful artifacts to
anyone what try eat one of us in last three months.
That... was a mistake.
But since you mention it...
I dislike working with people who send my daughter to her death, as
well.
* Rei sighs. "Mom..."
I offered to go. Nobody *made* me.
They obviously didn't stop you, either.
2d6+2
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6+2) and gets 7.
* Lazar frowns, but decides to let Rei handle this for the moment.
(I have a ladybug in my room, and I can't open the screen part of my
window to let it out. ;_;)
(Awww. ;_;)
( Don't eat it. )
No, but what were they gonna do to stop me? Order me to stay? Tell me
that they don't trust me?
Nobody knew what was gonna happen. I was our best bet, and I knew it. So
I said I'd go, and I went.
* Kaira clenches her teeth. "They should have thought more. They should have
cared more."
* Maria frowns. "Are we *supposed* to stop her? Boss her around? Tell her what
to do?"
(goes to put the ladybug out)
Had I not thought ahead, she would not even be alive right now! Did you
think about that? That you let her walk to her death?! And make no mistake, she
WAS, for a time, dead.
It was only because I prepared in advance that my daughter survived.
And when I gave Rei that staff for her birthday, I never imagined I would have
to use it so soon.
* Rei sighs. "Mom! Just... stop, okay? It was my idea. I went and did it. I paid
for it, and... really, thanks for everything you've done... and..." She stops,
and blinks at BOX. "I got it."
* Rei grins, slowly. And just a little maniacally. "I think I found their sekrit
passage."
Well, then there isn't a moment to lose. Give me the blood orb.
* Lazar tilts his head. "They have secret passage? That dumb of them."
* Maria grins. "That's gooood." She hops over to the sofa Rei's on to look over
her shoulder.
* Rei tilts BOX so Maria can see the floorplans she brought up. "Yeah. See this
vent right here." She points, on the third floor. "It doesn't go anywhere. You'd
think."
But in reality?
In reality? It's gotta go somewhere, and people in sekrit labs need to
breathe.
(Yes, Rei says 'sekrit'.)
(This does not surpise me. ^_~)
* Lazar frowns. "One problem. Golem no exactly fit through vents."
There's gotta be a door. I don't think people always crawl through the
vents. We'll find it. But we know about where it is.
* Lazar nods. "That make sense."
We must move quickly.
( I just had this mental image of the others coating Lazar with a
thick layer of lard, so that he can slide down the vent--since he's too big to
crawl. )
Vents can be... problems, sometimes. Especially the ones that have fans
every so often.
( GREASE ME UP, WOMAN! )
( YES! )
* Rei checks the time. "If everyone's up to it? I say we do it tonight."
I can do that.
* Rei pulls out her cell and dials Interpol, just to keep them updated on just
what this branch is up to and see if they have any leads on the Asahara thing.
Can one of you guys let the others know what's up?
Work for me, as long as Reimom can keep control of self.
* Kaira glares icily at Lazar. "I will succeed in protecting my daughter, where
you have failed."
So you'll just kill the rest of us. That's nice.
That work. As long as you promise to no get munchies.
(Definately want to keep Kaira away from pot)
I've fed recently. That will not come up.
... somehow, that no make feel better. But will need do.
Hey, yeah. Get me your boss. No, um... his boss's boss. That'd work.
* Rei waits a bit.
* Rei beams a big beamy smile. "Hi! This is Rei Ueda. Japanese SIU branch. Yes,
I've talked to you befo- no, I'm not gonna ask for more money. But you can cover
up explosions for me, right?"
* Jexless is now known as Jex
Well, uh... long story, but it looks like Asahara's up to negative amounts
of good again and could be planting cloned assassins all over the world. Huh?
No, seriously. Look it up. S-Types, in the '20's or around there.
Right, so anyway. Same tech. Improvements. You know, all of that. We
got a tipoff on some kind of R-Type project going on in Izumo, and I was
wondering if it'd be okay if we could investigate and... Hey, the *last* time an
Asahara building blew up was *not* our fault. But just in case, you'll cover
it, right? Right?
( R-type? XD )
(Rei-type)
* Rei idly plays with her tail. "Uh huh. Uh huh." Pause, most innocent sounding
voice she could muster. "Tonight?"
* Rei pulls the phone away from her ear.
* Maria winces.
I think he likes the idea!
* Rei waits for him to finish yelling, then puts the phone back.
So you'll do it, right?
* Rei listens for a while longer, rolls her eyes up to the ceiling, lets out a
sigh, and then beams. "Yay! I knew I could count on you guys!"
Oh yeah, and start looking up on rituals involving star orbs and blood
orbs and moon orbs or something like that. And, uh, get ready for the
apocalypse. No, I mean more ready for the apocalypse. And fear death by water.
( I already do.)
( Ditto. )
* Rei beams. "Yup! You've got my number. Talk to you later. Thanks again!"
Pause. "I know, I know. I KNOW already. Bye!"
* Rei hangs up.
We've got the okay, and the rest of SIU's ready to clean up the huge mess
we leave behind.
(Southern Illinois University?)
( Yes. In the future, they have a Massive Property Damage Cleanup grad
program. )
(Awesome.)
* Kaira starts off. "There's no time to lose. Prepare quickly. As she reaches
the hallway, she stops, and says without turning, "Bring the blood orb." Then
walks away.
... she persistant.
Kinda.
* Maria puts on her backpack. "I'm ready."
* Rei nods.
* Chie walks back into the room. If she had to pass Kaira on the way in, she no
doubt gave her a wide berth. "Hey, guys."
Yeah, let's go tell everyone else. Probably in Asanjya's room doing
research or somethi- hi Chie!
* Rei wavewavewaves. And has BOX on her lap.
Tell us what?
* Rei takes a breath.
I'm not gonna like this, am I?
Asahara's got a couple projects going on: R-Type and EA, the first of
which involves assassins and both of which are based here in Izumo under the
care of one very lame bat-winged Kuro guy we all know and hate, so we've gotta
go stop them because the clones are already mass-produced and we don't know when
they'll be deployed. I found the probable entrance to the sekrit lab, so that
really isn't an issue, and...
* Chomei follows Chie in rather silnetly, listening.
Some things to look out for are going to be a technology that stops the
powers of humans, which might be a problem for you and Asanjya and maybe some
others of us if we're too human or something I'm not really sure. Kaira still
wants the blood orb so she can handle this, but that's really up to Asanjya,
'cause it's her life that's on the line and things, but we *really* should get
this done as soon as we can, since we're on-
A crunchy schedule on all fronts and it really SUCKS, I tell you, SUCKS,
and hopefully Makoto isn't kidnapped and held naked in a vat of green jell-o
somewhere in there and has grown a natural tail because then I'd have to cover
your eyes.
* Chie blinks. Then she blinks again. "Kuro stuck Makoto in a vat of green
Jello, and he's naked? I *so* did not need that mental image."
(( .... right. ))
( I thought boys were supposed to have tails? )
* Rei cracks up.
... Right.
Ew.
Anyway, I already called the guys upstairs - that's Interpol upstairs, not
Heaven upstairs - and we got the okay to go and do this tonight, and they'll
cover anything like explosions and limbs flying everywhere and make sure it
doesn't become a big deal with the populous.
Wait. Tonight? As in, *tonight* tonight?
Rushing in a bit much, aren't we?
Got a better idea?
No. But... this seems really sudden. I guess we don't have much of a
choice, though?
Better to get done tonight, so can get going on stop Lucifer from bring
Hell - which no supposed to exist - to Earth.
Yes.
That's *very* important.
Yeah, really.
And we'll talk about that after this is done, I guess.
* Rei nodnodnods.
Oh yeah, and what do you think? Astral or not astral? Does one make me
look fat?
I can't tell.
* Maria blinks. "Well, I guess astral makes you look thinner?"
Astral makes you look paler.
No astral. They almost definate have ways to deal/detect astral, in case
one of Rei clone go nuts.
(...did you just actually *say* a hyphen?)
* Rei nods. "Yeah, I was thinking that might be the case, well. Guess I might
have to deal with bruises and stuff."
(Rei can say hyphens! Rei could say parens!)
(Cid talks in parens.)
( We know Rei can. But Laz? )
(But she's Rei! And Ari has actually said and/or at least once.)
We'll keep you from getting too bruised. So. Tonight.
Yup!
... Does someone else wanna talk to Asanjya, 'cause I don't think she
likes me that much right now.
I'll go back and tell her.
* Rei smiles. "Thanks."
No problem.
* Chie walks back to Asanjya's room. As she goes, you can hear her faintly
singing. "We'll make things right, we'll feel it all tonight..."
( Today is alright for tonight!" )
... I wonder if could get control of Rei clones somehow.
* Rei frowns a little, then goes back to her computer.
( Sure you can. Just hold up a neon Tang sign. )
* Lazar eyes Rei for a moment. It may be a trick of the eye, but you can almost
see Lazar shudder slightly.
* Chomei stands impassively, waiting for Chie to get back. "What's the idea on
how to get in?"
* Rei eyes her computer. "Gotta be after hours at this point. So..."
( "Just one more step, and then THE APOCOLYPSE WILL BE NI-" *WHISTLE*
"Whoops, quittin' time." )
* Chie walks back in. "Did I ever mention I really suck at negotiations? Asanjya
doesn't want to go."
That figures.
( Fred Flinstone and Homer Simpson work for Asahara? )
There's a main door, side door, helipad, and a loading dock. And of
course she doesn't.
She says the only way she'll come is if Kaira requires the Blood Orb, and
if that's the case, she demands a blooded contract. And we all know how
reasonable and patient Kaira is.
It's not like she knows shit about Asahara- oh? Hmm.
* Rei hands the computer off to Maria. "Here's the floorplans!"
* Rei goes floats off to find Kaira.
* Maria carefully studies the plans, memorizing as much as she can.
* Chie puts a hand to her forehead. "This *can't* end well."
Oh, great.
Blooded contract with vampyre. That ironic.
* Maria keeps looking over the plans and idly mentions, "If Kaira doesn't want
to give the orb back, I can just steal it from her."
I wouldn't want to risk that. No offense, Maria.
* Maria frowns. "Offense taken anyway."
* Rei zips back in. "She's not around."
Okay. Then I have no idea what to tell Asanjya.
* Chomei shrugs.
She doesn't know anything about Asahara anyway.
* Rei continues, sounding rather bitter. "I don't even know if she cares. Or if
she would care."
(But without me, no Blood Orb.)
* Chie sighs.
* Chie heads back down the hall.
2d6-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 1.
(*thinks the theme to MC3 French team should be Thriller. :P)
(I have Plans for MC3. Oh, do I have Plans.)
If she no want go, she should no go.
Okay. Entrance will be somewhere out of the way on the third floor of
the building.
* Chie comes back. "I'm not going to force her. And I'm as ready as I'm going to
be, so if we're going, let's go."
(.... okay, hold on a second. Who actually has the fucking Orb at this
point?)
(I thought you did.)
(So did I.)
(YOU DO.)
It'll prolly be disguised, so we'll be looking for something nondescript
in the extreme.
(Okay, then my decision stands.)
* Rei looks at Chie blankly, then snaps out a series of Chinese, English, and
Japanese curse words that everyone can understand at least some of, lands on the
ground, and just storms over to Asanjya's room.
* Lazar rubs his neck. "This going end well."
I think I've given up trying to figure out people, things, and just about
everything else around here.
* Chomei shrugs. "I gave up a long time ago."
I'm focusing on the getting in and out part.
Probably the best option.
Nobody very complicated when they being punched in face. *nods sagely*
* Lazar notes the blank stares and silence that is getting. "... is old
Transylvanian saying."
Oh, I get it, I just...
* Chie sighs. "I just wish I was better at actually dealing with people."
Because if it doesn't involve ass-kicking or exorcisms... or sometimes
both... it's not really my department.
( Or necking with Chomei, you weird little vixen. )
( You come back here so I can kick *your* ass for making Rei sad.)
What about jewelcrafting?
I no know. You have Chomei wrapped around little finger pretty well.
*grins*